Skylight.



No. 892,034. l PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. G. F. DROUVB. SKYLIGHT.

APPLIGATION FILED n.129. 190s.

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PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

G. F. DROUVE.

SKYLIGHT.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JAN. 29. 1908.

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GERHARD F. DROUV, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SKYLIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .Tune 30, 1908.

Application led January 29. 1908. Serial No. 413,256.

To all whom it Amay concern.'

.Be it known that I, GERHARD F. DRoL'v, .a citizen of the United States,'and a resident of Bridge )ort, in the county o'f Fairfield and State of onnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skylights, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to an im rovement in sky ights,and particularly to t e mannerof su orting the same. i

enable others to understand my'invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 represents a broken view partl in section of a sky light construction and bro en view of my improved clip attachment thereto; Fig. 2 is a broken side elevation of one of the channel irons of the sk light construction and end elevation of the iron purlins and clips; Fig. 3 is a broken perspective view of the channel irons and clips attached thereto;

Fig. 4 is a detail broken view in pers ective of one of the clips and its brackets; an Fig. 5 is amodified construction of one of the clips in cross section and broken view of a channeliron.

Each of the channel irons 1 carry the mechanism for sup orting the glass roof 2, and while this mec anism forms no art of my present invention, a brief descrip ion of the same will more clearly illustrate the advantage of. my improvement. v

3 is one of the su portsfadapted to be secured in each of t e several channel-irons that fornnthe roof structure.

4 are felt 'packings above and below the glass 2.

5 is one of a series of bolts anchored in the support 3.

6 is a sheet metal inverted U-shaped bar or cap parallel with the support 3 and U shaped channel-iron 1 and resting on a shouldered portion of the bolt and is held in'place bythe nut 7 I `8 is a sprin plate 9 for ho place..

l g between the cap 6 and d iiigll the edges of the glass in fing up the Sky light e: structure, the pur 10, having been properly set, the channel-irons 1 were laid upon the girdei's av suitable distance apart for supporting the edges of the glass and, when solocated, holes `were drilled by hand through the' channel-irons and purlins to receive the bolts by ywhich the two were held together. This ma willlefectuallyprevent shifting o ture in the direction of arrow a., while the method of erecting the structure was not only inconvenient in that the drilling had to be done with an ordinary hand tool and oftentimes in almost inaccessible places, but it also added greatly to the cost.

With my improved method of construction, I em loy. the sheet metal U-shaped clips 11 (Fig. 4) and secure thereto the brackets 12 by means of the rivets 13. The holes (not shown) in the clips for these rivets are drilled vin the shop by power and the brackets se'cured at once to the clips, each pair of brackets being set the proper distance apart to establish the position to be occupied by the channel-irons. The holes 14 are also formed in the up er leg of the Abrackets to reg'ster with ho es (not shown) in each side of the channel-irons.

All the preliminary work, such as drilling the holes in the several parts and securing the brackets 12 to the clips 11 having .been done in the shop where the tools and other a pliances are readily accessible, the assern ling or putting together of the various parts on the job is a very simple matter. After the purllns are properly set, the clips are slip ed over one leg of the purlins, as shown at ig. 2, and the channel-Irons are dropped between the pairs of brackets, as .shown at Fig. 3, and secured to said brackets by the bolts 15, vseen also at Fig.v 1. As the clips are not secured to the purlins by bolts, they can be easily moved longitudinally or transversel a distance suflicient to cause the holes 1n the u per leg of the brackets and the sides of the c annel-irons to register for the insertion of the bolts.

To prevent accidental shifting of the clips by the action of the wind or from an other cause, the end clip 11a and its pur in 1()a be reversed, as shown at Fi 2. This the strucother clips will prevent shifting in the direction of arrow b. While this larrangement is adapted for a horizontal construction, it is particularly ada ted for the angular arrangement shown at ig. 2.

The sha e of the clips will, of course, be determined y the sha e lof the* purlins with which they eEgage. n Fig. 5, 10P`represents a wooden (p rlin, and the retaining clip is represent-e by the metal strip' 11b, having the downward projecting holdinglip11em bracing the corner of the purhn.

Having thusf'described my invention, What I I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is .l 1. In a sky-light construction of the char- 5 acter described, the combination with channel-irons adapted to u hold the glass supf orting mechanism, an the supporting purins for said channel-irons, of retaining clips adapted t0 embrace said purlins and of suf- 10 icient length to vsupport a plurality ofthe channel-irons, means for securing the chan- I nel-irons to the clips, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a Asky-light construction of the char' 15 acter described, the combination With chanl f nel-irons adapted to uphold the glass "support:V

ing mechanism, and the'ssupporting urlins for said channel-irons, of retaining c ips secured to the channel-irons and adapted t embrace said purlins, said clips of sufficient length to support a plurality of the channelirons so that said channel-irons can bearranged and Imaintained in parallel relation with each other, for the purpose set forth.

. Signed at Bridgeport in the countv of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 18 day of January A. D. 1908.

GERHARD F. DROUV.

Witnesses:

S. B. BREWsTER, GEO. D. ,PHILLIRS 

